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Table 4 Comparison of differential counts for the unit and segments post-thaw, unseparated, TNC and separated, MNC fractions

From: Detecting primitive hematopoietic stem cells in total nucleated and mononuclear cell fractions from umbilical cord blood segments and units

Segment cell composition

TNC fraction unit (Mean ± St.Dev)

MNC fraction unit (Mean ± St.Dev)

TNC fraction segment (Mean ± St.Dev)

MNC fraction segment (Mean ± St.Dev)

RBCs (× 1012/L)

1.64 ± 0.5

0.5 ± 0.42

0.94 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.4

Hematocrit (%)

28.5 ± 9.2

9.0 ± 4.8

15.5 ± 1.0

8.9 ± 6.4

Platelets (× 109/L)

279.0 ± 67.9

35.8 ± 34.4

183 ± 16.3

46.3 ± 6.7

White blood cells (× 109/L)

20.6 ± 6.0

2.5 ± 2.7

12.1 ± 3.3

3.1 ± 0.3

Granulocytes (× 109/L)

12.6 ± 4.5

0.1 ± 0.14

1.0 ± 0.2

0.1 ± 0.05

Lymphocytes (× 109/L)

15.5 ± 1.8

2.4 ± 0.5

9.2 ± 2.6

2.8 ± 0.3